Spool holder for roll-film cameras



July 6 1926.

G. ZIIEGJLER SPOOL HdLDER FOR ROLL FILM CAMERAS Filed July 28, 1925 IINVENTOR:

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Patented July 6,

- GUSTAV-ZIEGLER, or UNIom-G MANY, Ass'renon ro e. M. B; n or rvrnnrorr, GERMANY!" sPooL Hermie roR-aoLL-Frnr/r CAMERAS.

Application fiIed JuIy -ZSQ1925, SeriaI no; 46,628, and in Germany m le iezaf, I

the camera. 'In these cameras the spool iholderis'linked to a part 'whic'h can be withdrawn from the camera casing ;in the r direction of theoptical ax s. .For. lnsertlng -,or withdrawing the film rollthis part must first-be pushed fully out ofthe camera -in order to unfoldiliespool holder and then the-roll =film can be inserted'or withdrawn.

-'-According to the present inventioni the exchange 'ofthe rollfilm is simplified in that lthe spool holder iscapableof being protruded from the casing by the mere release of a catchjonthe like. For this purpose the spool holder consists of carrying arms 7 pivotedat oneend to the side of the casing and havingat the other end a bearing-tor the spool. .These ar1ns may.be elastic in lateral direction, so that it iseasy to insert the spool. They maybe subject to springs pressingfthem outwardly andfmay be re ta-ined in their inner positi'on'hy suitable n I v arm the casing has a suitable slot (not shown) to accommodate the pin. However it isnotnecessary that'both spools should becapabl'elof being protruded, in which catches. V V

The accompanying drawings illustrate a suitable construction according to the invention; Fig. 1 being a rear view of a roll film camera having-a: spool holder in ac cordance with the invention, and Fig. 2a side view of the camera when the spool holderhas been protruded from it. j

The holder consists of two arms a each pivoted at b to the side of the casing c.

. The arms are connected together by a'bar d which guides the film; they consist of thin spring brass sheet, or some other spring material, and in order that they may have the necessary spring action they are slotted at e. the portionsof the armsa between the ends of. the guide and the pivots 12 form a comparatively rigid U-frame, but the free ends of the arms a may be flexed to separate the" pins since the deep slots 6 provide a relatively great separation of the free and the .fixed'branches of the slotted arms a. When the arms are retracted in normal position, the guidesd serve as the transverse'supports which position that portion of the film upon which the exposure is to be made. At their .free ends they carry pins to constitute axial hearings for the spools in known man ht e step

which. presses a eat n s, til fliitWbli-d increment be ng llmlthli'llg lease of" a spool f-rom'.thepinsfi. I

One. of the pinsff extends through the In each spoolholder, the guide cl andfig 'VVhe'n "the arms, arewithinhthe" casing spool holder which can be protruded 7 from they are held by aspring catch 2' which by A; non. mam/mam; j

means of a high 'engagesin a notch Z in the.

,moved or inserted by pressing outwards the spring arms and then. the arms I which automatically gripthe spool are pressed back i I into the-casing where they are again engaged by the springsi. It will be, noted that'the armsa lieso close to the respiectiveadjacent sides oftlie casing ci when the armshare- "Wit/hill] the case,' that the caselocksf'the spring arms from against a separation which-might result in the inadvertent're allow-of the protruding movement ofthe lfin .n and thei side 0;; the casing 0 so that it. can. be. turnedflfbylthe'handle m, and to case. the-pins 7" of the spool 'whichis tobe turned byhandle at :may be carried'by the sides of the casing.

The invention makes it possible to insert and withdraw film spools very easily and quickly even in very cold weather.

The arms may be protruded by hand either by pulling Orpushing instead of by 'springs' V 1 hat I claim is: p

1. In a camera, a spool supportcomprising two pairsof arms pivoted at their inner ends tot-he lateral walls ofthe camera and carrying at their outer ends bearings for the spools means tending to force "the arms outwardly.about their:pivots and means for limiting the outwardmovement thereof.

2. In a camera, aspool support comprising two pairs of arms pivoted at their inner ends tothe lateral walls of the camera and carrying at their outer ends bearings for the spools, means-releasable from without the camera forholding the arms in normal ill! carrying -at their outer ends bearings for the spools, means releasable from Without the camera for holding the ElI'lIlS'lIl normal .positionymeanstending to force them outwardly'about their piviots and means for limiting the outward movement thereof.

' 4. In a camera, a spool support comprising a pair of arms pivoted at their inner ends to. *thelateral walls 'o'f'the "camera,

fmeans tending to project the outer endsof said arms from the camera, and 111(32115100- operating With the inner ends of said arms to limit the outward pivotal movement of thesaid arms. I

* 5.;Apparatus according to cla m l, in-

gcluding releasable means for retaining the said arms n normal retracted position Within the camera.

"6. In a camera,,a sooolsupport inoluding a pair of armsjliaving spool supporting means at their outer ends'and being jpivoted at their inner ends to the camera in close proximity to the longitud nal center thereof, and means cooperating With the inner ends of said arms to limit pivotal movement o'fotlie outer ends in outward direction. p

7. In acamera, .a spool support including a pair of arms of sheet material, spool re- 7 ceiving bearings at the outer enjds Oil Said arms, 'ineans pivotally supporting theinner ends of said arms, anda transversefilmsupporting member extending between respective intermediate points of -the said arms and cooperating With the respective inner portions thereof to form a relatively rigid Lil-frame. v

8. Apparatus according to claim 7 ii1 which eachotthesaid arms is slotted from a "point intermediate the length thereof towards'the inner end thereof-, and the said member extends between free ends of the shorter branches formed by saildrslot.

9. In a camera, a spool support including twov pairs of armsoit sheet materiah piv oted at their inner'ends to the lateral Walls of'the camera and carrying at their outer endsbea-rings for the spools, and means in termediate the inner and outer ends of each pair -of arms for spacing the same and defining a transverse filni' support.

1 0. In a camera-ya spool support including *JEWO pairs of arms of sheet material pivoted at their inner ends in proximity to each other to; the lateral Walls of the camera and testimony whereof I afiix any signa- 

